Genetic diversity study in interspecific inbreds of sunflower

  • Govind Arunrao Deshmukh, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth Akola
  • E R Vaidya,
  • I S Thakare,
  • S B Mohod
Keywords: Genetic diversity, interspecific inbreds, sunflower

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted by using fifty eight interspecific inbreds and two checks (PKVSF-9 and TAS-82) of sunflower were evaluated in randomized block design in kharif 2013 at the field of Oilseeds Research Unit, Dr. PDKV, Akola to estimate the genetic diversity among genotypes. Mahalanobis D2 statistics revealed presence of substantial genetic diversity among the genotypes.  Among the ten characters studied, plant height (26.33%) followed by seed yield per plant (25.14%) and head diameter (18.87%) contributed maximum towards total genetic divergence while the characters seed filling percentage (0.34%) followed by harvest index (0.62%), 100 seed weight (2.32%) and oil content (2.99%) contributed least to the total genetic divergence. The genotypes were grouped in six clusters. Maximum inter cluster distance was observed between cluster II and VI (708.23) followed by cluster II and V (423.28) and cluster II and IV (363.57). Inter cluster distance was minimum between cluster III and IV (84.37). Cluster IV recorded highest intra cluster distance (91.71) followed by cluster I (77.47).

Author Biography

Govind Arunrao Deshmukh, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth Akola
Department of Agricultural Botany, Dr. P.D.K.V., Akola-444104.
Published
17-09-2016
How to Cite
Govind Arunrao Deshmukh, E R Vaidya, I S Thakare, S B Mohod
Genetic diversity study in interspecific inbreds of sunflower. 2016. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 7 2, 401-407. Retrieved from https://ejplantbreeding.org/index.php/EJPB/article/view/217
Issue
Vol 7 No 2 (2016)
Section
Research Note

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